Gender Equality Comittee

The Gender Equality Committee (GEC) of the Hellenic Agricultural Organization – DIMITRA (ELGO-DIMITRA) was initially established in March 2022 (by decision of the Board of Directors), in accordance with Law 4604/2019 (Government Gazette 50A/26-3-2019).

Following the legislative institutionalization of Gender Equality Committees in Research Centers and Research Institutes (Article 58 of Law 5019/2023), the GEC of ELGO-DIMITRA was renamed the Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee (GEADC) and continued its operation until the end of its three-year term.

On January 7, 2025, the Board of Directors of ELGO-DIMITRA approved the Internal Operating Regulation of the Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee of ELGO-DIMITRA. Furthermore, on May 20, 2025, the composition of the new GEADC of the organization was also approved. It consists of the following regular and alternate members:

  1. Anastasia Tsagkarakou (regular member), with Aliki Xanthopoulou as alternate
  2. Aliki Kapazoglou (regular member), with Vaia Kantzoura as alternate
  3. Alexandra Sintori (regular member), with Zoi Kotsina as alternate
  4. Pantelis Natskoulis (regular member), with Efstathios Roumeliotis as alternate
  5. Afroditi Tsampalla (regular member), with Theodora Pitsoli as alternate
  6. Vasileios Ziogas (regular member), with Ioannis Ganopoulos as alternate
  7. Petros Soulakis (regular member), with Magdalini Christodoulou as alternate
  8. Konstantina Papadopoulou (regular member), with Fotini Klagkou as alternate
  9. Eurydiki Oikonomou (regular member), with Sofia Aggelaina as alternate

The main goal of the GEADC is to create a framework that ensures tangible support for gender equality and fosters favorable conditions for addressing discrimination and inequalities. These inequalities may involve less favorable treatment of an individual based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religious or other beliefs, sex, and sexual orientation.

At the same time, the GEADC aims to raise awareness among the organization’s personnel on issues of gender equality and the fight against discrimination and inequalities. It also oversees the development and implementation of a Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Plan (GEADP) across all levels of operation and in all processes and practices of ELGO-DIMITRA.

The implementation period of ELGO-DIMITRA’s GEADP has been extended until the end of 2025, at which point the updated GEADP is expected to be released.

For more information, you may contact the Chair of the GEADC, Dr. Alexandra Sintori (tel.: +30 2169007389 ext. 209, e-mail: sintori@elgo.gr), the Vice-Chair Dr. Aliki Kapazoglou (tel.: +30 210 2832456, e-mail: kapazoglou@elgo.gr), or the Secretary Ms Theodora Pitsoli (tel.: +30 210 2829512, e-mail: pitsoli@elgo.gr).